French Address Geocoding: Search & Validate Addresses in France

Search free-text French addresses and get the normalised result from France's official address database: house number, street, postcode, city, INSEE code, coordinates and a match score. Free API, no key. For address validation, geocoding and cleaning French customer/shipping data.

What does French Address Geocoding do?

Search any French address or place and get the official normalised address, postcode, city and coordinates.

What can you use it for?

• Validate and normalise French postal addresses.
• Geocode a French address to latitude/longitude.
• Clean up messy address fields in a CRM or shipping list.
• Look up the INSEE city code for a French address.

Why use this Actor?

• Fast and cheap: lightweight HTTP-based Actor with no browser, so runs finish in seconds and cost very little.
• No API keys or accounts needed for the data source (see notes below).
• Clean, structured JSON that you can export as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML, or pull through the Apify API and integrations.
• Scheduling, webhooks and integrations: run it daily and send results to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, n8n or your own API.

Input

Configure the run in the Input tab (all fields have sensible defaults).

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	string	yes	-	Free text, e.g. '8 boulevard du port amiens' or 'tour eiffel'.
type	string ( / housenumber / street / locality / municipality)	no	""	Restrict results to one kind of place.
postcode	string	no	""	Only match this postal code, e.g. 75001.
maxResults	integer	no	5	Maximum number of ranked matches to return.

Example input

{
  "query": "8 boulevard du port amiens",
  "maxResults": 5
}

Output

Results are stored in the default dataset. Download them from the Output tab or via the API.

Example result

{
  "label": "8 Boulevard du Port 80000 Amiens",
  "type": "housenumber",
  "housenumber": "8",
  "street": "Boulevard du Port",
  "postcode": "80000",
  "city": "Amiens",
  "citycode": "80021",
  "context": "80, Somme, Hauts-de-France",
  "score": 0.97072,
  "longitude": 2.290084,
  "latitude": 49.897442,
  "license": "Base Adresse Nationale - Etalab Open Licence 2.0",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-02T23:49:04.778Z"
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Example
label	string	"8 Boulevard du Port 80000 Amiens"
type	string	"housenumber"
housenumber	string	"8"
street	string	"Boulevard du Port"
postcode	string	"80000"
city	string	"Amiens"
citycode	string	"80021"
context	string	"80, Somme, Hauts-de-France"
score	number	0.97072
longitude	number	2.290084
latitude	number	49.897442
license	string	"Base Adresse Nationale - Etalab Open Licence 2.0"
scrapedAt	string	"2026-10-02T23:49:04.778Z"

How much does it cost?

The Actor is billed by Apify according to the pricing shown on the Pricing tab of this page. Runs are small and fast, and the Apify Free plan includes monthly platform credits so you can try it at no cost. You can set a maximum cost per run, and the Actor stops cleanly when that limit is reached.

Notes and limitations

• Data is from France's official Base Adresse Nationale (Etalab Open Licence, commercial reuse allowed with attribution). Results are ranked by match score, best first.

Tips

• Start with a small test run, then scale up the input.
• Use Schedules to automate recurring runs and Webhooks or Integrations to deliver the data where you need it.
• Call the Actor from your code with the Apify API or the official JavaScript and Python clients.

FAQ

Does this work for addresses outside France?

No, only mainland France and overseas territories covered by the Base Adresse Nationale.

What does the score mean?

0 to 1, how confident the match is. Above 0.8 is usually a reliable match.

Feedback

Found a bug or need an extra field? Open an issue from the Issues tab of this Actor and it will be looked at quickly.

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